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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Poke78" data-source="post: 2403480" data-attributes="member: 4333"><a href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/government/state-sen-nathan-dahm-explains-handgun-bill-at-bixby-meeting/article_05c6b78f-6980-52a8-86a9-f6937e469b3d.html" target="_blank">TW: State Sen. Nathan Dahm explains handgun bill at Bixby meeting</a>BIXBY - State Sen. Nathan Dahm said Friday that the handgun bill he recently introduced will allow open carry without a permit but that Oklahomans would still need a permit to carry a concealed weapon. "What the bill does is it allows for open carry in all places that you can currently open carry if you have a permit," he said. "You just don't have to get the permit."Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, spoke about the controversial bill with about a dozen members of the Bixby Chamber of Commerce at its monthly "Coffee & Commerce" meeting.The bill was named the "Piers Morgan Act" as a jab at CNN commentator Piers Morgan, an outspoken gun-control advocate. Dahm appeared as a guest on Morgan's television show Jan. 27 to discuss his bill.Dahm said the style of the interview has led to some confusion over the content of the measure.The bill he proposed in the Legislature last month would eliminate handgun licensing requirements, including background checks.Dahm has said he opposes all background checks, including those for mental illness and criminal records, as unconstitutional.He said permits would still exist to carry a concealed weapon and also for reciprocity in other states. He emphasized that all of the places that currently prohibit open carry, such as government-owned buildings and schools, would remain off limits."There are many reasons 35 other states already allow permitless open carry, so it's not uncommon," Dahm said. "It's the vast majority of states that already allow it."The interview with Morgan was contentious at times."If the key issue in gun deaths is not the guns and it's not mental health, what is it?" Morgan asked."It is the sin nature of mankind," Dahm replied. "It's that somebody is willing to take someone else's life."Morgan then asked, "And you think the only solution is for everybody to walk around with a gun on their hip?""It's not the only answer," Dahm replied, "but it is an answer."Dahm said Friday that he will also be working on a bill this session that would limit the liability of higher education institutions that allow concealed weapons on campus.During the meeting, Dahm suggested a cut in personal and corporate income taxes and the promotion of technology schools as possible ways to help Oklahoma retain more college graduates.In discussing the new workers compensation system that went into effect this year, he pointed to what he termed the success of Arkansas, which has an administrative model similar to the one Oklahoma is adopting."One of the beauties of what the founding fathers saw was that each state can be kind of its own experimental ground and try different things, and if it works, then the other states can follow suit," Dahm said. "Unfortunately, Oklahoma hasn't been leading the way in a lot of those things, but we are at least seeing the changes and we are catching up quickly." = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Now that we're actually into the legislative session, I thought this morning's article on Dahm's proposal deserved a posting to bump the previous conversations. A click over to the comments on the TW article will probably be interesting later today.</blockquote>

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